Well today’s demo was busy. I was greeted by John as I arrived at Ashton Under Lyne Jobcentre, he was very early today and that cheered me up immensely. Very soon after John’s arrival Gordon arrived with the food parcels and they more or less left as soon as they...

The Scottish Parliament is set to discuss the new Social Security legislation today. It feels like this has been a long process, I went to a meeting in Eastwood late 2016 to listen to Jeane Freeman talk about her hopes for the new system, the consultation process and...

Rough sleepers have increased 169% under the Tories with the official one night count figures revealing 4,751 in 2017 compared to 1,768 in 2010. Even if the Tories meet their pledge to halve rough sleeping by 2022 it will still be 34% more than they inherited in 2010....

When Universal Credit was brought in it was described as a lobster-pot system: once you were in there was no way back onto the older benefits. BUT for people in areas that have not yet had the Universal Credit Full Service roll out, there is a possible escape route,...

East Anglian Daily Times 20 January, 2018 Michael Steward michael.steward@archant.co.uk @MichaelReporter One patient is said to have gone into cardiac arrest at Colchester General Hospital after taking themselves to A&E due to ambulance...